On 26/07/2011 vonClimb wrote:>So whats your opinion on people who leave flowers on roads where people died?

Look, it's their way of dealing with their thing which I try to understand, but don't.

For the most part, road side ones make even less sense to me. Why would I want to go somewhere where someone died that had no real connection to their life and may well have been a very painful part of their life?

If I'm trying to remember someone that's died, I go somewhere that was important to them and they enjoyed going or somewhere we spent time together. Somewhere with happy memories. Not somewhere they died. Not somewhere they are buried.

Road ones dont worry me at all...your driving along an environmental eyesore anyway....a little memorial dosnt really affect much....may actually save a life or two as people reflect and slow down...as for memorials on rock...another case of care factor zero in regards to impact, but no surpirse it shits people considering the other small things climbers seem to like to get their knickers in a knot over.

On 26/07/2011 ajfclark wrote:>On 26/07/2011 vonClimb wrote:>>So whats your opinion on people who leave flowers on roads where people>died?>>Look, it's their way of dealing with their thing which I try to understand,>but don't.>>For the most part, road side ones make even less sense to me. Why would>I want to go somewhere where someone died that had no real connection to>their life and may well have been a very painful part of their life?>>If I'm trying to remember someone that's died, I go somewhere that was>important to them and they enjoyed going or somewhere we spent time together.> Somewhere with happy memories. Not somewhere they died. Not somewhere>they are buried.

You may have a point. However, I think when someone dies tragically its different.

For example, a friend of mine commit suicide by gasing themselves in their car by a creek in the middle of nowhere. Trying to reason why he did it, I went to that spot where he died and put myself in his shoes. The place certainly had an eerie feeling and had a strong effect on me. If I had flowers I'm sure I would have left them.

On 26/07/2011 vonClimb wrote:>No idea what you are talking about. Guess they're not obvious enough

Perhaps you're not paying enough attention while you're driving?

There's a huge sign with a picture of a black pole with a cross on it. The sign says "Deaths since 1998" or some such. From that point on there's a smattering of black poles, often in pairs, with reflective red crosses on the top. They are about the size of the guideposts at the edge of the road.

Can we get plaques for where our self-esteeme was killed?
A plaquette of us sulking about falling off.

What about the Kamikaze kangaroos at Moonarie? Little picture of skippy on the cliff. Before & After. That would make the other kangaroos think twice before they make silly decisions. Unless Kangaroos can actually fly. And the ones on the deck are the few who failed to get full controll before they flew down to Hawker.